Questionable Calorie Counting: Part II
Last week we opined about the self serving NYC DOH study of its menu labeling. In this week's Crain's we are force fed so more pablum from the agency on the topic: "The city's 2008 menu-labeling law...
View ArticleHold Up, Not Holdouts
We have been inveighing against the use of the term, "holdouts," to describe Willets Point property owners who are not on;y unwilling to seel their property, but even more importantly, have yet to be...
View ArticleVoodoo Reporting
On Saturday the local tabs did return to the story of the fatal Flatbush fire-but not as we hoped. Neither the NY Post nor the NY Daily News-or the NY Times, for that matter-went back to examine...
View ArticleTINOs: Teachers in Name Only?
The NY Post has a story yeterday that reported on the 1500 UFT members who are being paid not to teach as part of a negotiated union-release program: "In the city's funny math, you get only one teacher...
View ArticleEDC's Day of Reckoning
On Wednesday, the city is holding what we believe to be an illegal eminent domain hearing-which, if true, wouldn't surprise any one who has followed the Willets Point saga over the past few years....
View ArticleCalling Out Eduardo Giraldo
In yesterday's NY Times story on Willets Point there was one item that we found disturbing. Not surprising, mind you, but disturbing because it represents a pattern of dishonest representation. We're...
View ArticleSick Transit Gloria: A Sadik-Khan Job
Sadik-Khan is at it again-this time it is the arbitrary remaking of 34th Street that has her Utopian dreams all aflame. The NY Post has the editorial response: "City Transportation Commissioner Janette...
View ArticleKetcham Calls Out AKRF and EDC
We are taking the liberty of giving everyone a preview of the statement that WPU's traffic engineer, Brian Ketcham, will be making before the EDPL hearing on Wednesday. A careful perusal of Ketcham's...
View ArticleGreg David: Willets Point Truther
In yesterday's Crain's web edition, commentator Greg Davis purports to set the record straight on Willets Point with an article inaptly titled. "Important Truths about Willets Point." As the late...
View ArticleCondemning the Condemnors: Willets Point Eminent Domain Hearing Today
The city is holding a condemnation hearing today for those property owners in what it has called, Phase I, of the Willets Point development. Phase is an excellent term because EDC, the city's rogue...
View ArticleThere is No Public Use at Willets Point
WPU is represented by attorney Mike Rikon at today's condemnation hearing in its effort to stymie the city's effort to use eminent domain for the displacement of property owners at Willets Point....
View ArticleCrain's Covers Willets Point Condemnation
Crain's online edition is reporting on the city's effort to create a new Phase I of the Willets Point development-and condemn 13 property owners after telling one and all that no condemnation would be...
View ArticleCity Ramps Up Its Willets Point Dishonesty
Last night's eminent domain hearing was the culmination of 15 months of utter frustration for the Bloombergistas-despite all of the city's huffing and puffing at NYS DOT, it was unable to move the Van...
View ArticleSenioritis
Josh Robin at NY1 has a fascinating take from Mike Bloomberg on the issue of teacher seniority-and questions the mayor on the inconsistency of his position: "Teachers Peter Lamphere and Julie Cavanagh...
View ArticlePity Bloomberg's Poor Immigrant
City Room is reporting that Mayor Bloomberg is looking to devise a program to aid in the formation of immigrant businesses-this from the is he kidding department: "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced...
View ArticleSadik-Khan Blinks!
In a rare victory for sanity, the Bloombergistas have apparently thrown in the towel on turning 34th Street into a vast pedestrian mall. The NY Post reports in a story aptly headlined, The Miracle on...
View ArticleDeceit Suits EDC
We are now coming close to the moment of truth for EDC, the city's rogue development agency-as WPU's lawsuit is getting ready to challenge its illegal bait and switch tactics. The NY Daily News along...
View ArticleNo Khan-Do
With much of the public up in arms over the arbitrary actions of DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan to unilaterally transform the NYC streetscape, it good to know that Mayor Tone Deaf has her back. The NY...
View ArticleBursting Bloomberg's Bubble
In yesterday' NY Post, Fred Siegel and Sol Stern get to display their Bloomberg deconstruction project that appears in a fuller form in this month's Commentary-and the authors don't disappoint. First,...
View ArticleWillets Pointman
The NY Daily News' Adam Lisberg focuses his column on our lobbying work on Willets Point-and beyond: "Lobbyist Richard Lipsky, who has been a thorn in the side of mayors and governors and their...
View ArticleCommissioner Arrogance
While we're on the subject of our favorite commissioner, the wild and wacky Sadik-Khan, let's take a longer look at the NY Times profile we alluded to in an earlier post. What comes through for us is...
View ArticleHitting for the Cycle
The NY Times is reporting that local Park Slope residents are bring a lawsuit against the Prospect Park bike lanes-and it's about time that some folks challenged the arbitrary and capricious actions of...
View ArticleVan Wicked
For those of you who have been downplaying our concerns about the traffic impact of the Willets Point development, today's NY Daily News article on NYC traffic should be a real eye opener-the city...
View ArticleReckless Lane Change
The law suit that's been brought against the Prospect Park bike lanes-lanes that we have no personal interest in-is still of utmost importance to all New Yorkers. The importance lies with the manner in...
View ArticleCart Wheeling and Dealing
As the WSJ is reporting today-and it comes as no great surprise to us-there is a thriving black market in food cart permits: "Monawara Sultana says her rent is going up: $14,000 for a two-year permit...
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